Philip Koester of Germany is seen in action during a training session prior to the Windsurf World Cup Sylt 2011 in Westerland, Germany.

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Members of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers learn how to keep their guns steady during training at their base in Luzhou, China.

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The Ukraine's Alina Maksymenko performs with the ball during the 31st Rythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Montpellier, France.

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A bicycle taxi rides through a flooded street caused by heavy rains in Havana, Cuba.

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A trader reacts in front of her screen in Paris. By mid-afternoon, France's CAC-40 was down a hefty 5.4 percent at 5,186. BNP Paribas was hit hardest Wednesday, with its stock falling around 4 percent.

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Visitors enjoy a ride in a carousel on a sunny day at the famous beer festival "Oktoberfest" in Munich, Germany.

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A man walks as vehicles drive in front of the Greek Parliament. Greece will suspend more civil servants than originally planned and impose new pension cuts as part of more austerity measures.

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President Barack Obama and President Bill Clinton stand on stage during Clinton Global Initiative 2011 Annual Meeting Plenary Session on Sustainable Consumption: Redefining Business as Usual, held at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers in New York City.

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Indian villagers evacuated by helicopter from Chungthang arrive at a helipad in Mangan, India.

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An Indian man removes a dried cloth from a string in New Delhi. India's Planning Commission, tasked with updating its poverty line figures to reflect rising prices, told the nation's Supreme Court Wednesday that fifty cents a day was "adequate" for the average Indian villager to spend on basic needs.

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Soccer linesman Milciades Saldivar lies on the sidelines after being hit by an object thrown from the stands during a Copa Sudamericana soccer match between Universidad de Chile and Uruguay's Nacional in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) shout slogans as police stand guard in front of the parliamentary building during a strike in Dhaka.

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People cycle past the Republic Museum during World Car Free Day in Brasilia, Brazil.

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Members of the Iranian Army forces march during a parade to commemorate the anniversary of the Iran-Iraq War in Tehran.

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Fernando Cruz Vega, a 3-year-old boy who was born without arms, puts on the cap to a pen in a room at the shanty town of Libertad in Comas, Peru.

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Riot police detain a student protester during a meeting of European and ex-Soviet education ministers in Kiev, Ukraine. Students protested against tuition fees and what they see as attacks on academic freedoms and growing ethnic tensions in education.

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Rihanna performs at the Nilson Nelson Gymnasium in Brasilia, Brazil as part of her "Loud" tour.